English Without Tears

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

• Harold FrenchDirector
• Terence RattiganWriter
• Anatole de GrunwaldWriter

• Michael WildingTom Gilbey
• Penelope Dudley-WardJoan Heseltine
• Lilli PalmerBrigid Knudsen
• Claude DauphinFrançois de Freycinet
• Albert LievenFelix Dembowski
• Peggy CumminsBobbie Heseltine
• Margaret RutherfordLady Christabel Beauclerk
• Martin MillerSchmidt
• Paul DemelM. Saladoff
• Beryl MeasorMiss Faljambe
• Guy MiddletonCaptain Standish
• Roland CulverSir Cosmo Brandon